Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" emo real-sounding tales of the streets

real-sounding tales of the streets

by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records

"All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror")

so if you think these guys have finally mellowed with age or matured as artists

Jason Collett

Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" emo real-sounding tales of the streetsThe Fragile is even bleaker than 1994's The Downward Spiral as it lurches along with a perpetual scowl. A frenzied collection of buzz saw pop, Trent Reznor's grim opus yo yos through two CDs with scattershot intensity. Hushed one minute and explosive the next, spite and anger intermix with heartbreaking resignation, sometimes in the course of one song. Still, Reznor's dour and uncompromising approach is accessible and undeniably entertaining, even